Australian Community Children Services says a higher level of care for children outweighs the cost.
Pay childcare workers more: union
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The union representing childcare workers says improving skill levels would encourage more people to take up the profession, but they also need to be paid more.
'Australia' tourism bid a failure: Tollner
The Northern Territory Opposition tourism spokesman says the latest tourism figures show the Government has failed in its bid to attract national and international tourists.
Green shoots wither in job drought
In recent weeks, any piece of economic data that could loosely be desribed as "less worse than expected" has been portrayed as a good result - to use, or overuse, the jargon - a green shoot.
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Employment drought
Deep job losses in the US in June had global markets retreating and many economists saying 'I told you so'.
Corporate crooks
The recent Madoff fraud sentence has illustrated how tough America can be on corporate crooks. Andrew Robertson examines Australia's record.
Broadband battle
Lateline Business presenter Ali Moore talks with Optus and a telecommunications analyst about the best structure for the national broadband network.
US job losses
United States President Barack Obama says it is going to be a long road to recovery on the back of dire unemployment figures.
Funding climate sceptics
The world's biggest oil company, ExxonMobil, has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to global warming sceptics.
'I'll pay back'
California is in an economic state of emergency, and tomorrow will begin issuing IOUs to pay its debt.
Happy new financial year
Tax cuts, new carer payments and a new IR regime come into effect today. What's in it for you?
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